Sen. Ted Cruz has been leading the insurgent Republican efforts to shut down the federal government to stop Obamacare, so voters might think he would accept responsibility for the results. But on Sunday, Cruz joined other protestors to demand the reopening of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

That takes some chutzpah. The World War II Memorial was closed for only one reason - the partial government shutdown. If Cruz wants the memorial reopened, he could vote that way in the Senate.

Granted, that would mean a green light for Obamacare too, but that's the way majority rule works in our democracy. And Cruz can't pick which parts of the federal government he will fund until his minority viewpoint is adopted.

Obamacare might be a train wreck, but it's the law of the land. If Republicans want to undo it, they need to elect a Congress and president who can do that legally.